By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: It looks like the high value 21.com domain name is going to become a casino. I noticed a change (via DomainTools) yesterday when the domain name transferred registrars from eNom to SafeNames. When I visited 21.com, I saw a coming soon landing page announcing plans for the domain name and website:…

By Travis M. DSAD.com: A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on April 24, 2018. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: The ultra-premium, two letter domain WW.com has been sold, and the transaction took place via the Escrow.com Concierge service. Registered in 1990, WW.com was in the hands of Chinese domain investors for several years, and it was brokered for sale, according to this capture via DomainTools: The new owners are located in…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Like many other public databases, Whois serves a vital public interest. It shouldn’t be private by default. It’s becoming increasingly clear that privacy advocates are using GDPR as an opportunity to demand privacy for all domain name registrants. They are successfully framing the discussion as privacy should be the…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: AEX.com is a domain registered 20 years ago, and in 2017 it was acquired by a Chinese domain buyer. As it happened to many other valuable three letter .com domains, it was challenged via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Complainant, Euronext N.V. of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, claimed a prior right…

By James Iles NamePros.com: With just 676 domains in existence, two-letter .COM names are some of the most sought-after properties on the Internet. Thanks largely to interest from Chinese investors, these names now routinely fetch six and seven-figure prices. Two-letter names are liquid domains that can easily be resold within a matter of days thanks…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Company says that domains are typos of its AnnualCreditReport.com site. Central Source, a company created by the three major U.S. consumer credit bureaus to AnnualCreditReport.com, has filed another lawsuit (pdf) against alleged typosquatting domain names. The company has filed at least 10 cases in the past including one against…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: In some countries, it seems like hyphenated domain names are more commonly seen and/or acceptable than here in the US. I occasionally see hyphenated domain names in use here, but it is not a regular occurrence. Because of this, I don’t recall owning hyphenated domain names. There are investors who have…

By Raymond Hackney TLDInvestors.com: Daily Domain Picks 4-25-18 Top sales/closes from yesterday: vodi.com 9,077 USD 2018-04-24 GoDaddy allmonitors.com 7,000 USD 2018-04-24 GoDaddy 44668.com 6,600 USD 2018-04-24 GoDaddy asesores.com 6,200 USD 2018-04-24 DropCatch ands.com 5,600 USD 2018-04-24 GoDaddy nvyi.com 4,749 USD 2018-04-24 4.CN *data courtesy of Namebio Become a b… Source: Domaining     

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise…

By Mike Sullivan SullysBlog.com: Daniel Redman has been a marketing professional for more than 13 years. In 2006 Daniel co-founded the eVisibility media department, quickly building it up to a million dollar revenue channel. As one of the early and continuing pioneers of Emerging Media Marketing, Daniel has managed campaigns for several flagship clients and…

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: GoDaddy had the top three sales yesterday led by VODI.com which sold for $9,077. NameBio recorded 251 sales for a total of $137,981 with an average sale price of $550. Compared to the previous day there was an increase of 9% in the number of sales but the total dollar amount…

By Jamie Zoch DotWeekly: Welcome to the latest company focused Domain Movers. We keep track of company related domain name transactions by companies around the world. These are often early indicators of domain name upgrades, rebranding efforts, new products, services and more. Tidal.net which is/was owned by Cisco Technology Inc. and registered at MarkMonito… Source:…

By ShaneCultra DSAD.com: The perfect end to a day. I get a notice saying that one of my domains at Godaddy has been removed. Its a name that I took off the renewal and was letting expire. A name I bought for my daughter to use as an email and didn’t want it. Turns out…

By Elliot Silver My family and I just returned from a week-long vacation on the beach in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Tamarindo is one of my favorite places to visit. The people are super-nice, there are plenty of food options, most locals speak English, and it is a relaxed town. We love visiting Costa Rica, and…

By NamePros Daily TNTNames.com: Today: Strange looking Domain names still selling today / CrosswordPuzzles.com sold for $249,980 / Whois data GONE in the USA on May 25, 2018 / And more! Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community … → Source: Domaining     

By Elliot Silver The domain name business is relatively niche and there aren’t a whole lot of people who would be considered experts about domain names and the field of domain names. There are a few large companies that operate in the domain industry, and some have job opportunities that would be a good fit…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: Welcome to the weekly edition of reporting on the Sedo domain sales; this time we cover the week between April 16th – April 22nd, 2018. This information is provided courtesy of Sedo.com, sponsors of DomainGang. Some solid sales this week, with the top 5 domains in the five figure range, and in…

By Elliot Silver Uniregistry brokers domain names on behalf of some of the most valuable domain portfolio companies, including its founder Frank Schilling. As such, Uniregistry seems to get very good prices for domain names it sells on behalf of its clients. Yesterday, Ron Jackson posted a list of the top public sales closed via…

By Raymond Hackney The Domains: Sedo reported their weekly sales and SysAdmin.com led the way at $55,000. A.tel sold for $5,500, I have not seen a .tel sale in awhile. 40 .com sales 24 cctld sales 6 other gtld sales 2 4L.com were in the top 5 with Coba.com being the higher sale at $15,500….

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: If you’re a domain blogger in the African nation of Tanzania, things are getting tough. Not only will all bloggers have to register their personal information, they have to pay the Tanzanian government a fee of about $920 dollars. That’s right. Almost a thousand bucks for the “privilege” to be a blogger,…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: My family and I just returned from a week-long vacation on the beach in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Tamarindo is one of my favorite places to visit. The people are super-nice, there are plenty of food options, most locals speak English, and it is a relaxed town. We love visiting Costa Rica,…

By Konstantinos Zournas OnlineDomain.com: Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO, Akram Atallah, John Jeffrey, Elena Plexida, Theresa Swinehart and Board member Maarten Botterman, met yesterday in Brussels, with the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) Technology Subgroup and representatives of the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology and Direct… Source: Domaining     

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: More slowdowns for .web domain name. A lawyer for domain name registry Afilias says the company plans to file a Cooperative Engagement Process (CEP) and subsequent Independent Review Process (IRP) should ICANN move forward with delegating .Web to Nu Dot Co. Nu Dot Co won the auction to operate…

By The Frager factor The Frager factor: Today: The Consequences of Choosing A Bad Name; Bitcoin; You Will Lose Your Job, Making Millions; Landing a Job In Silicon Valley, Congress and Facebook Be Prepared To Lose Your Job In The Future… If You Don’t Learn This One Skill Now Identity on Blockchain While speaking at…

By Kassey Lee Domain Name Wire: Kassey Lee analyzes new data about domain name and website usage in China. Is .com still king in China? How important is .cn? Is there any other extension worth watching in China? These are questions many domain investors may have in their minds. To answer these questions, I turn…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: The domain name business is relatively niche and there aren’t a whole lot of people who would be considered experts about domain names and the field of domain names. There are a few large companies that operate in the domain industry, and some have job opportunities that would be a good…

By Raymond Hackney TLDInvestors.com: There was one hell of a debate going on today with a sale reported on Namepros. It all started with $30,000 Sold ***IOT.COM (9 letters) Members like AbdulBasit.com, Karmaco, Golan, Michael M and myself making the point that incomplete data in the thread is basically worthless. Others basically told people they…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: Following changes by Google and cPanel, Twitter has updated its terms of service (TOS) to comply with GDPR and its data privacy requirements. From May 25th, new conditions and privacy terms apply, and Twitter has split them into two major categories: For residents of the United States. For everyone else, e.g. international…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: CQD.com, a domain that was stolen from its owner by a scammer impersonating them, then sold to BQDN.com founder, James Booth, has been returned. James Booth announced that CQD.com has been returned to its original owner, Rebecca Burns of ComQuest Designs. ” CQD.com has been pushed back to Rebecca. We now consider…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) patent covers a number of methods for transfering domains as the result of an aftermarket sale. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,954,818 (pdf) which covers a number of aspects of selling an expired domain. The patent is a continuation-in-part of many other…

By Raymond Hackney The Domains: James Booth posted on Namepros that he has pushed the domain name back to the original owner Rebecca. This thread became legendary and brought together a lot of the NP community to find a solution. The post CQD.com matter resolved appeared first on TheDomains.com. Source: Domaining     

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: Uniregistry brokers domain names on behalf of some of the most valuable domain portfolio companies, including its founder Frank Schilling. As such, Uniregistry seems to get very good prices for domain names it sells on behalf of its clients. Yesterday, Ron Jackson posted a list of the top public sales closed…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: I can’t believe this panelist didn’t find RDNH. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found in favor of the owner of CAGI.com in a cybersquatting complaint but, for some mysterious reason, failed to find reverse domain name hijacking. CSP International Fashion Group S.p.A., which owns CAGI.eu, filed the…

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise…

By Raymond Hackney TLDInvestors.com: Daily Domain Picks 4-24-18 Top sales/closes from yesterday: TLDs.com closed at $11,161 on DropCatch. It will be interesting to see if this domain name gets developed. Great brand for somebody in the biz. 4734.com 15,688 USD 2018-04-23 NameJet tlds.com 11,161 USD 2018-04-23 DropCatch motoko.com 7,000 USD 2018-04-23 Sedo jkd.de 6,107 U……

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: The top sale of the day was 4734.com which sold for $15,688 at NameJet. NameBio recorded 230 sales for a total of $178,171 with an average sale price of $775. Compared to the previous day there was an increase of 31% in the number of sales and the total dollar amount…

By Josh E DSAD.com: I try and go through the pending delete list everyday to make a list of names that I like. Sometimes I backorder them, other times I try and hand catch them when they drop. Sometimes I don’t pick up any right away, I’ll go back through the last week or so…

By Morgan MorganLinton.com: When it comes to getting a good deal on domain names, expired domains are often one of your best bets. While this likely won’t be a good solution if you have a specific name in mind, if you’re open to a range of potential options, expired domains typically sell close to their…

By NamePros Daily Domaining Tips: Today: Forgotten domains sell for $5,000.00 2 years later / Providers.com sold for $100,000 USD / Owners of the single letter A.com / And more! Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Buying.CO – 1 and 2 words – Be sure to double…

By Elliot Silver According to a tweet from domain broker Kate Buckley of Buckley Media Group, her company brokered the sale of Providers.com for $100,000: Buckley Media Group has sold https://t.co/vhYISMIjYK for $100,000. Congratulations to both buyer and seller! — Kate Buckley (@katebuckley1) April 23, 2018 I reached out to Kate to ask her about…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: Poker is an internationally acclaimed game of skill and luck. Millions of poker players engage in one form of poker or another, for fun or for money. Online poker is a game that several US states block for their residents, but the US Supreme Court is about to weigh a case that…

By Elliot Silver In early April, I noticed that the Triangle.com domain name had changed hands. I had made a couple of offers to buy the domain name, and when I went to do a follow-up, I saw that the domain name was no longer registered to the company that owned it for many years….

By Elliot Silver There are a few common terms for people who invest in domain names. The ones I hear most regularly are domainer, domain investor, and domain trader. Personally, I am not a big fan of the “domainer” term and never have really liked it. It just doesn’t sound professional to me. It also…

By Travis M. DSAD.com: A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on April 22, 2018. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: As we predicted, the domain name TLDs.com ended at five figures at DropCatch. After a long auction, the domain ended up at $11,161 dollars. WOW! There is no way that an “end user” bid on this domain-specific domain name; some domain investor really wanted this domain about TLDs! 😀 Spending “five figs”…

By Alvin Brown The Domains: From Ali Zandi to Josh E to Rick Schwartz, it’s alway interesting and entertaining to watch industry vets do their thing — especially when the topic is hand registering domains. It’s been almost a year since Ali Zandi went on a spree hand registering nearly 4,600 .com domains via a…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: According to a tweet from domain broker Kate Buckley of Buckley Media Group, her company brokered the sale of Providers.com for $100,000: Buckley Media Group has sold https://t.co/vhYISMIjYK for $100,000. Congratulations to both buyer and seller! — Kate Buckley (@katebuckley1) April 23, 2018 I reached out to Kate to ask her…

By The Frager factor The Frager factor: Today: Selling your company to prospects; San Francisco housing makes Silicon Valley less attractive; Turning Failure To Success; Making money with low ball offers on NY Real Estate Does How You Sell(Market) Represent Your Company Well? The San Francisco housing market is so dire that people are leaving…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Service known for ccTLDs adds .ai domains. Park.io has begun offering drop catching services for .AI domain names. .AI is the country code for Anguilla but has become popular for artificial intelligence companies. Park.io is known for helping domain investors get popular country code domain names that are good…